The curtain has come down on Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga 2025 and planning for the 2027 event starts. With the nation’s top ...

The chief executive of the largest kapa haka festival in the world, says organisers will need to rethink where the ...

On Saturday, the top 12 kapa out of 55 kapa competed, with judges crowning Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue as the 2025 Te ...

Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue have won the title of Toa Whakaihuwaka - the champions of Te Matatini. The rōpū from the Te ...

Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue has won Te Matatini 2025. Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue dedicated their bracket to the late Sir ...

He sees it as an economic force, a diplomatic tool, and New Zealand’s most potent cultural export.

While temperatures around the bowl hit a high, so did the heat on stage as haka star Jeff Ruha wore a full suit for his performance.

"Māori are very political people," Waititi who performed at Te Matatini on Thursday with new group Te Taumata o Apanui, said.

Te Matatini officially got underway in New Plymouth on Monday with an emotional pōwhiri from the Taranaki hau kāinga, welcoming the more than 50 haka groups and kuini Nga wai hono i te po.

It's one of biggest events on the calendar for te ao Māori and Te Matatini is back in 2025 bringing the best of haka and waiata from around Aotearoa and Australia. New Plymouth/Ngāmotu and the ...

On finals day, whānau both at the venue and at home can access Haka Translate on the Te Matatini app, offering translations ...

They were one of 12 teams to make today's finals in New Plymouth. They will get to enjoy bragging rights for the next two years until the next competition. Maori Development Minister Tama Potaka says ...